Republicans impeach US homeland security chief over border crisis

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Washington (AFP) – Republicans impeached US President Joe Biden’s immigration chief on Tuesday, the culmination of months of attacks on the Democratic administration as they seek to make border security a key issue in November’s election. Conservatives in the House of Representatives, which is narrowly controlled by Republicans, blame Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a surge in illegal entries from Mexico that they have called a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Lawmakers passed two articles accusing him of “willful and systemic refusal” to enforce immigration law and “breach of pu…

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